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What does a paediatric physiotherapist do?
A paediatric physiotherapist is able to assess babies’ and children’s development in terms of movement, posture, physical skills, and co-ordination. Problems in these areas can be helped.
The Paediatric Physiotherapist can assess your child and assist in one or more of the following areas:
· Gross motor assessment: if there are concerns regarding delayed rolling, sitting, crawling or walking.
· Positional head turn: when your baby cannot turn his/her head properly to each side.
· Plagiocephaly: assessment and management of mis-shapen head.
· Co-ordination: walking, running and a child’s body awareness in space.
· Posture: of the body, spine, hips, knees and feet.
· Balance: when your child is unsteady and/or unable to control balance relative to children of the same age.
Who is eligible for service?
Preschool children aged between 0-6 years who live or attend kindergarten in the cities of Melbourne and Moonee Valley.
Who is not eligible?
· Children who receive more than one level of integration aide funding
· Children who receive physiotherapy services through Yooralla or Scope school therapy
· Children who are eligible and/or on the waiting list for early intervention services e.g. Specialists Children’s Services
· Children with a diagnosis of autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome or any other moderate/severe physical and intellectual disability
Who can refer?
Parents, Teachers, Doctors, Paediatricians, Maternal Child Health Nurses.
Written referrals can be posted or faxed to our Niddrie site.
For information on Physiotherapy for all others please click here | 
